Baby Boy Names - Rob

The table below indicates the number of times the name Rob has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to
2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social
Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular
names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Rob

Use of the Name Rob for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

7,005

6,737

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Rob has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Rob first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1885, which is the first year shown on the table.
Rob last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1978, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Rob

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1885

921

6

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

977

6

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

930

59

1953

775

84

1954

677

113

1955

650

128

1956

580

172

1957

493

250

1958

443

314

1959

430

343

1960

428

352

1961

376

443

1962

362

487

1963

334

552

1964

335

546

1965

370

436

1966

422

327

1967

454

275

1968

422

333

1969

394

404

1970

450

332

1971

485

272

1972

567

199

1973

717

127

1974

756

115

1975

817

104

1976

998

70

1977

966

79

1978

985

77

Totals:

7,005

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Rob as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Rob appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 29 times during the last 125 years.